Janina Renée

Background

Janina Renée was born on March 4, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan.

Education

Janina Renée graduated from Chapman College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology in 1977. Also, she was a postgraduate student at Michigan State University.

Career

The author of two adult books on tarot, Tarot Spells and Tarot: Your Everyday Guide: Practical Problem Solving and Everyday Advice, published a decade apart, in 2001 Janina Renée published a book, Tarot for a New Generation that aimed at young adults. In it, she explains how to interpret the tarot card deck. Janina wrote this book because no other tarot manuals are addressing young people's concerns. Also, as the mother of a child with Asperger's syndrome (a form of autism spectrum disorder), Janina Renée has a long-standing interest in learning disabilities. For this reason, Tarot for a New Generation includes a chapter that touches on different learning styles and discusses how tarot imagery can be used to aid memory and inspire homework projects. As part of Janina's continuing research, she explores ways that other areas of folk wisdom can be applied to learning challenges. She also researches different ethnic and traditional means of blessing children and developing their self-esteem, moral character, work ethic, and the like.

Achievements

• Janina Renée is well known as a writer. For her work, she became a holder of several awards. She got a Best Self-Help Book Award from the Coalition of Visionary Retailers for the book, Tarot: Your Everyday Guide: Practical Problem Solving and Everyday Advice in 2000 and a Best General Interest Title Award for the book, Tarot for a New Generation in 2001.
  
  

Works

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  • Tarot for a New Generation

    (Learning the 78 cards of the Tarot can seem intimidating ...)

    2001
  • Playful Magic

    (A collection of meditations, visualizations, magical exer...)

    1994
  • By Candlelight

    (The simple act of bringing light to darkness is a moving ...)

    2004
  • Llewellyn's 2004 Wicca Almanac

    (Llewellyn's Wicca Almanac is back, with another irreveren...)

    2005
  • Tarot Spells

    (Most people think that Tarot cards are only for doing rea...)

    1990
  • Tarot. Your Everyday Guide

    (Every day you make choices. Some are big, some are small-...)

    1999

Religion

Janina Renée is an eclectic Buddhist.

Politics

Janina Renée adheres to moderate political views.

Views

Janina Renée has concerned because so many teenagers and other young people don't have any dreams or plans for the future. However, she believed the tarot's vast collection of images could ignite their imaginations and ambitions by highlighting many paths of possibility. The tarot interpretations, which Renée provided, cover many areas of life, but they consistently advocate a strict ethical code and a sense of responsibility.

Membership

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  Autism Society of Michigan , United States

Connections

Janina Renée has two sons, Tom and Alyn.

Son:

Tom Renée

Son:

Alyn Renée